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Milwaukie planning commission backs housekeeping zoning package, approves reduced townhouse corner setback
Summary
The Milwaukie Planning Commission voted unanimously to recommend that city council adopt a package of housekeeping amendments to Titles 17 and 19 (file ZA-2025-004). The changes clarify middle-housing rules, ADU and accessory-structure language, wireless facility standards and treat townhouse street-side setbacks on corner lots as side yards to ease development of narrow lots.
The Milwaukie Planning Commission on Tuesday unanimously recommended that the city council adopt a package of code amendments intended largely as clarifications to Titles 17 (land division) and 19 (zoning).
The package, filed as ZA-2025-004, includes a series of edits staff described as "housekeeping" — wording cleanups, cross‑references, and conforming language — along with targeted changes such as adding "or designee" to signing authority, clarifying plat notations for middle‑housing land divisions, updating accessory‑structure rules and aligning manufactured‑housing provisions with state law. Planning Manager Vera Colias told the commission the package was posted with required 30‑day notice and will be heard by city council following the commission's recommendation.
Why it matters: the changes are designed to reduce ambiguity for applicants and staff, speed review, and reflect recent state middle‑housing rules.…
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